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The authors first of all gratefully acknowledge the generosity of patients who have given permission for vignettes from their analyses to be published here. We have taken care that they will be recognisable by no one but themselves. We also thank the…

In our technologically sophisticated and media driven world, individuals are bombarded by default and by choice with more information in one day than our ancestors were exposed to in a lifetime. h ere is more information on the head of a pin…

News headlines continue to tell us that there is a crisis in education: ‘4,000
teacher jobs cannot be filled’ (Dean, 2000a), ‘Schools policy crisis as third
superhead quits’ (Carvel and Mulholland, 2000), and, ‘Poverty no excuse
for…

In several of my earlier Kogan Page titles I have provided readers with the opportunity to obtain a greater understanding of IQ testing by means of practice tests in which readers have been able to familiarize themselves with the type of questions…

Leadership has been, and continues to be, a source of endless curiosity to academic commentators, journalists, practitioners and the general public. This fascination with the comings and goings of individuals as diverse as celebrities, politicians,…

Like every other social institution, education has undergone many changes over the past few years: globalization, the emergence of the knowledge economy and lifelong learning have been among them. Significantly, people often now talk about lifelong…

This book is an introductory text to the area of qualitative research, intended for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Psychology at the beginning of the twenty-first century has become a highly diverse field of scientific study and applied technology. Psychologists commonly regard their discipline as the science of behavior, and the American Psychological…

We want to recognize an extraordinarily powerful set of thinkers and prac- titioners who shed themselves of the vestiges of “old think” and embraced the possibilities of a new beginning. Our sincere thanks to Superintendent Dr. Richard Lalley,…

In today’s communities, people frequently have different ideas regarding how to solve various issues. These differences can make for creative solutions or can spiral into conflict with others. Developing comfort with conflict and skill in managing…